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Legal Ethics & Malpractice

How to Avoid Problems in the Modern Day Law Practice

Chandler Law’s Top 10 Tips – Part II Being involved in a professional liability issue can be one of the most traumatic experiences in an attorney’s career. In my CLE seminar on Risk Management, Legal Ethics, and Professional Liability, we cover many of the things you can do today to avoid these “Houston, we have a problem” situations. As I mentioned in Part I of this article, these tips were derived from my actual experience defending attorneys against Georgia State Bar complaints and representing plaintiff-clients in professional liability cases.

How to Avoid Problems in the Modern Day Law Practice

Chandler Law’s Top 10 Tips – Part I I co-conduct a statewide for CLE credit seminar on Risk Management, Legal Ethics, and Professional Liability. We cover a lot of ground in two hours, but beyond the lunch, which is served during the seminar, one of the more interactive parts of the discussion is my list of Top 10 Tips for avoiding those “Houston, we have a problem” situations. Based on my experience defending attorneys against Georgia State Bar complaints and representing plaintiff-clients in professional liability cases, I created these tips to help you learn lessons from the mistakes others have already made.

Who Is Your Weakest Link? 7 Tips for Managing Non-Lawyer Employees

  “I didn’t even know that my secretary did it. They can’t blame me!” This was the start of a conversation I had with another attorney about his Georgia Bar complaint. What if this had been you? You delegate some fairly routine case work to an assistant or paralegal. The assignment is lost or sent on your behalf without your approval. A deadline is missed or a case goes south. Then your client comes after you with a GA Bar grievance or legal malpractice claim.

Chandler Law and ProAssurance Launch Attorney Risk Management Seminar Series

  The CLE seminar, entitled Risk Management, Legal Ethics and Professional Liability, is focused on helping attorneys improve internal and client communications, minimize risk, and avoid potential issues. The first of these recently updated seminars was presented to an audience of 80 attorneys at a recent Northeast Georgia Bar Association meeting, then to a local Bar group in Dalton, Georgia.